John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years.
Mr Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981.
Mr Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sent for treatment to a Washington hospital.
Source: BBC News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr.
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/758283971092443136
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday July 28 2016, @07:51AM
It is my understanding that the US has more than two political parties.
If most everybody hates both candidates on offer, maybe it is time to research the smaller parties.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Thexalon on Thursday July 28 2016, @11:31AM
It's worth noting that the smaller parties are polling at somewhere around 15%, led by the Libertarians and the Greens in that order. That's much better than they've ever polled before. Whether either of those parties can translate their increasing support into actual political power somewhere remains to be seen - there are right now no Libertarian governors, state legislatures, or congressmen, for example.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @12:15PM
What we need is the ability to vote "NONE OF THE ABOVE".
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday July 28 2016, @04:41PM
I was going to say you can spoil your ballot, by you people use voting machines :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @01:28PM
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday July 28 2016, @03:48PM
If I were the strategist for either Libertarian or Green Parties, I'd:
1. Pick a small state friendly to their party philosophy, e.g. Montana for the Libertarians or Vermont for the Greens.
2. Concentrate all their efforts in that one state, not just for president but for state legislature, governor, mayors, councilmen, etc. Win hearts and minds by doing the hard work of campaigning.
3. Take over a state and show that their philosophy works well on a state-level scale.
The Libertarians have already kinda started to do this with the Free State Project, but they'd be really catapulted onto the national scene if Johnson/Weld actually won electoral votes in New Hampshire.
My view on the least-bad outcome right now is: 1. Clinton wins the majority of electoral votes, so Trump is kept out of the presidency (I see him as a lot more dangerous than Clinton). 2. The Libertarians and/or Greens pick up enough popular votes and ideally some electoral votes so major media can't help but at least acknowledge that they exist, and the Democrats and Republicans both have to recognize and respond to the threat. In other words, move the minor parties from being ignored to at least being a punchline.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 28 2016, @08:19PM
we only do what the TV tells us to do. It hasn't told us to do that yet.